October 1st, 2008

Evolution Learning Technologies is pleased to announce the acquisition of Nova Audio Visual Ltd. of Edmonton Alberta.  Nova Audio Visual has been supplying schools, business, government and religious institutions with audio visual services, products and installations since 1980.  The addition of Nova to the Evolution family will allow Evolution to now provide our Alberta educational, business, and government customers with an expanded line up of the world's leading AV technology, including SMART Technologies' full line of products, including the SMARTBoard interactive white board.  Nova's educational customers will certainly benefit from this addition to their product offerings, as they can now turn to Evolution/Nova for all their classroom technology needs.

Steve Read, CEO of Evolution, stated: "We are very pleased and proud to add Nova Audio Visual to our growing company.  Nova is a very well established AV company with 28 years of experience, and they have a very loyal customer base who have come to expect the same kind of dedication to service excellence that Evolution has become known for in our offices in Calgary, Regina, Saskatoon, Winnpeg and Thunder Bay.  Having an office in Edmonton makes a great deal of sense, and we feel very fortunate to have been able to acquire a company that has such a great reputation for quality work.  Adding products to their line up such as SMART Technologies, NEC, Audio Enhancement, Crestron, etc. will only serve to improve their already stellar reputation."

Former owners of Nova, Nancy Wright and Eric Schickle have agreed to stay on with Evolution and continue to operate the Edmonton branch, ensuring consistency and familiarity for our clients.  Our customers are invited to contact either Nancy or Eric at 780-451-4688, or James Tapankov, our learning technologies consultant, at 780-886-8258 or e-mail at jtapankov@evolutionav.ca, for more information or to ask about what this acquisition means for you.

My first post as part of my new job!  How exciting...

Ladies and gentlemen, Evolution's goal is to provide you with complete customer satisfaction - plain and simple.  We offer great service, a fanastic product selection (SMART, LifeSize HD VC, and much, much more) to help our students evolve into confident, intelligent, productive members of society, and PD by actual teachers who have experience leading district-level initiatives.

I have been on the road for a few weeks doing initial PD with teachers in districts.  My sales team and I are working hard to make sure we're ready to support your innovative funding grants.  Sounds like we've got a lot of BIG plans out there!

If you have any questions and are looking for answers, please don't hesitate to call me at 780-886-8258 or e-mail me at jtapankov@evolutionav.ca.  And, please, feel free to share this site with anyone and especially to browse our offerings in the Catalogue section!

Evolutionally yours,

James Tapankov, BPE/BEd

June 15th, 2008

Evolution Presentation Technologies is pleased to announce that Duncan Pimlott has been named President of our newly branded company.  Duncan has been with Winnipeg AV Services for 12 years and previous positions included Rental/Staging Department Manager as well as General Manager.  Duncan was instrumental in the process of merging Winnipeg AV, Nagels AV and Apex AV Rentals into Evolution and is now tasked with running the newly amalgamated company.

 Steve Read, CEO of Evolution stated: "Taking into consideration Duncan's organizational and management skills, he was an obvious choice for President of the new company.  Duncan's record of getting things done efficiently, and his considerable talents in customer service and project management puts him in the perfect postion to move the company forward.  With Duncan taking charge of operations, I will have more time and energy to spend on growing our business by expanding our business into new markets".

Everyone at Evolution congratulates Duncan and wishes him the best of luck in his new role.

Evolution Presentation Technologies is extremely pleased to announce that SMART Technologies, manufacturer of the world renowned SMART Board and other fine collaboration products and software, (www.smarttech.com) has authorized Evolution to sell their products in Alberta.  Evolution has been the exclusive SMART Technologies dealer for years in Saskatchewan and Manitoba, and now can also sell their products in Alberta, NWT, Nunavut and Ontario.  "Having the ability to sell SMART Technologies products in Alberta has us very excited", stated Steve Read, CEO of Evolution. "They are our largest vendor, and with our re-entry into the Alberta sales market, positions us very well to expand upon the great success we've had in Saskatchewan and Manitoba of delivering SMART Interactive Whiteboards and other products to classrooms and boardrooms.  It also gives Alberta schools a choice in who they purchase their SMART products from, because up until now, that choice has been very limited."

SMART Technologies is the Calgary based inventor and manufacturer of the SMART Board, an interactive white board that has created an entirely new product category in the boardroom and classroom collaboration tool market.  SMART also manufactures a whole suite of products designed to improve group communications both in a local meetings as well as in multiple locations using the internet.  Evolution provides SMART products, training, resources and install services.